tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post1200443723179472112..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: Tie a Poem to a ChairKGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-63899322803827324092009-06-10T09:56:11.918-04:002009-06-10T09:56:11.918-04:00Thank you SO much for providing the link to this p...Thank you SO much for providing the link to this post! Billy Collins came to speak last year at the campus I was attending. Listening to him read his own poetry selections helped to de-mystery poetry for me (I don't think I have ever been "taught" poetry, and I sure struggle to teach it). I used the Introduction to Poetry poem in class for the first time this year, and I think it helped put my students' minds at ease.<br /><br />I have never heard the phrase: prose soeaks about something but poetry makes something. There is a lot of meat in that statement and something that I should ponder this summer.<br /><br />I vascillated between taking a pedagogy Shakespeare class or poetry class as a summer school course (the other course is one on creative writing. I opted for Shakespeare, but my roommate is taking the poetry class. I am hoping that we can share notes and insights throughout the summer.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414201637917215413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-23826807353301561322007-04-07T20:17:00.000-04:002007-04-07T20:17:00.000-04:00What a fun lesson today!!! I love love poetry and ...What a fun lesson today!!! I love love poetry and used to write it very badly I am afraid. I did win our college's creative writing award one year and got a free dinner!!! I would have loved to be in your class - but hey -- I am- I am here in your blog!!! Happy Easter to kgmom Blog and readers too!! Oh I liked the poem and will check out the links.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-54796472468679731772007-04-05T10:48:00.000-04:002007-04-05T10:48:00.000-04:00Thanks for the refresher course. I don't read that...Thanks for the refresher course. I don't read that much poetry, but maybe I'll try again - you make it sound more interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-17703567723639795282007-04-05T10:40:00.000-04:002007-04-05T10:40:00.000-04:00To me, poetry is art in words. I cannot draw, but ...To me, poetry is art in words. I cannot draw, but that doesn't stop me from doodling, drawing stick people and daisies. I admire good poetry and once in a while will "doodle" at it as well...meaningful to me, but not good poetry. (How I hated poetry composition at school!)<BR/>RuthRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-6085809607554409842007-04-04T21:40:00.000-04:002007-04-04T21:40:00.000-04:00I just love poetry and only wish I could write som...I just love poetry and only wish I could write some! instead, I will just read others!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-69948772803218712722007-04-04T16:50:00.000-04:002007-04-04T16:50:00.000-04:00My cousin Dale says that if you have to underline ...My cousin Dale says that if you have to underline a word, you need a different word. What does that have to do with this post? Probably not much, but I'm lightheaded from giving blood and platelets, so hopefully you'll give me a break. <BR/><BR/>Remind me to come back and re-read your lesson when I'm a bit more clear-headed, okay? :-)dmmgmfmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872482306885344135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-43244358967817079142007-04-04T14:45:00.000-04:002007-04-04T14:45:00.000-04:00Just deleted my own comment above--I made a mistak...Just deleted my own comment above--I made a mistake--I try very hard not to do that.<BR/>----------<BR/>Good grief, brother dear. Five semesters of me--how did you stand it? But then you had no choice--downside of a small school.<BR/>I do apologize for the B+ to B- range. I should have been more generous. You suffered because I thought I knew your capabilities. You have far surpassed anything I taught you. Well done.<BR/>As for prose being poetic, I quite agree. For example, I am just now reading LIFE OF PI--it has wonderfully poetic passages. When I encounter such in prose, I just savor them, roll them around on my tongue!<BR/>You can ask my students now: I am still stingy with As. One student asked what it takes--I said, you have to write papers that sparkle!KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-34846252461933714162007-04-04T14:42:00.000-04:002007-04-04T14:42:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-5270223968260788002007-04-04T14:06:00.000-04:002007-04-04T14:06:00.000-04:00I remember some of those classes at your alma mate...I remember some of those classes at your alma mater (and mine). I was a mathematics major for two years because of you: didn't want to have my sister for a prof. My reward was to fail math, switch to English, and have you five semesters in a row -- nothing higher than a B+ and nothing lower than a B-. My memory is that I had one advantage: I could guess sometimes where your mind was going, when others in the class were still struggling. The reward of long years of association.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I studied poetry with you. I have always thought of myself as an essayist (in so far as I think of myself as any kind of writer). Poetry is a high calling: something that lands in one's lap or is embedded in one's soul. (Are journalists embedded with the military metaphors for poetry?)<BR/><BR/>But the poetic turn is there often enough in my writing, I think, and in much that I read on other people's blogs. So simple a phrase as "long years of association" has the feel of poetry about it.<BR/><BR/>I'm struggling a bit with "prose says; poetry is": I suppose that prose sometimes partakes of poetry even without becoming a poem.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the brief lesson, sandwiched between other lessons on the floor where I teach.Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-59846890915978729442007-04-04T13:27:00.000-04:002007-04-04T13:27:00.000-04:00Mary--not to fear being silly, all is forgiven & f...Mary--not to fear being silly, all is forgiven & forgivable. You capture the experience of poetry perfectly when you play with words and create a poem. <BR/><BR/>Cathy--I don't recall you saying you are 3rd place Robert Frost winner. Cool. Frost is a consummate poet whose simple words belie an intricate structure and LOTS of work on his part.<BR/><BR/>Pam--glad to "take you on a trip." If I get ambitious and post future poems, I hope they will lift you as well.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-74738740484715927072007-04-04T12:03:00.000-04:002007-04-04T12:03:00.000-04:00Thanks! you gave me something to think about. I am...Thanks! you gave me something to think about. I am no poet but write "poetry" anyway. The words and emotions come and if I like how they express my feelings, I keep them. And sometimes post them.<BR/><BR/>The poem you posted is lovely, it drew me in and filled my mind with images...moments in time found in my memory.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040757371778588395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-52845203054241095442007-04-04T11:55:00.000-04:002007-04-04T11:55:00.000-04:00Oh! The Kenyon poem! Oh! and Oh! again. I'd not r...Oh! The Kenyon poem! Oh! and Oh! again. I'd not read this before. And your photos - perfect - lovely.<BR/><BR/>Forgive me, Donna, if I've already whispered to you that I was the lucky recipient of the third place award in last year's Robert Frost Poetry Contest. I would have loved to travel to Florida this month to participate in the doings, but my darling's surgery has buffeted us a bit. It was shear luck that my poem was acknowledged, but, oh my - for an under-achiever it was such a joy.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-1705749049468633292007-04-04T09:05:00.000-04:002007-04-04T09:05:00.000-04:00Good Mornin' Donna,Givin' ya a holla,Thanks for th...Good Mornin' Donna,<BR/>Givin' ya a holla,<BR/>Thanks for the lessin',<BR/>Glad there ain't no testin'!<BR/><BR/>SORRY - please don't hate me. I am silly this morning. <BR/><BR/>I take your lesson seriously and I'm also in awe of your talent, as I've said before. You must grimace when you read my posts.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.com